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‘Propped bottle’ warning over baby death

Image copyrightMEDIALINCSImage caption Alex Masters succumbed whilst in the care of his godmother

A coroner has warned against imparting newborns “propped up” bottles of milk after a a four-month-old died when he was left to feed alone in his vehicle seat.

Alex Masters choked to death on his milk after godmother Claire Sawyer fell asleep on the sofa at her Lincoln flat.

An inquest was told Miss Sawyer had given him a bottle of milk with a cloak propped underneath it.

Coroner Stuart Fisher said although it was not illegal, babes feeding from a propped bottle should be supervised.

Image copyrightMEDIALINCSImage caption The baby’s baby Chloe Masters said she did not know her son was sleep in a car seat at Miss Sawyer’s flat

The infant, from Gainsborough, croaked after being taken to Lincoln County Hospital on 3 October, 2015.

Miss Sawyer, who was babysitting Alex overnight, was arrested on distrust of assassinate but criminal charges was ever wreaked due to lack of evidence.

Friday’s inquest at Lincoln Cathedral Centre was told Miss Sawyer had a history of illegal drug making but toxicology reports goes to show she had not made any during the night she was looking after Alex.

She was questioned by the baby’s father Chloe Masters, 18 and claimed she fell asleep after paying him bottle of milk on the sofa.

Image copyrightMedialincsImage caption Alex Masters was hastened to hospital but could not be resurrected

Giving a narrative verdict, the coroner said Miss Sawyers was an “unreliable witness” and concluded that she had left the newborn to feed in that way.

A post-mortem examination procured Alex had breath milk into his lungs.

It likewise received he had two leg crackings that police closed were non-accidental but were unable to determine how he got them because of the number of people who examined after him near the time of his death.

Miss Masters told the discovering she would never have allowed Alex has continued to be Miss Sawyer if she had known he was sleeping in a automobile seat.